Introduction
How is the Military in Chile and how does it work to maintain Sucity and fight terrorism? In terms of Military and security forces, we have the Armed Forces of Chile (Fuerzas Armadas de Chile): Chilean Army (Ejército de Chile), Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile, includes Marine Corps and Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine Directorate or Directemar), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile, FACh) (2024).
In Chile, the Chilean military's primary responsibility is territorial defense and ensuring the country’s sovereignty; it also assists with disaster and humanitarian relief and some internal security duties such as border security or maintaining public order if required; a key focus in recent years has been assisting with securing the border area with Bolivia and Peru; it trains regularly and participates in bilateral and multinational training exercises, as well as international peacekeeping operations 

Chile and Argentina have a joint peacekeeping force known as the Combined Southern Cross Peacekeeping Force (FPC), designed to be made available to the UN; the FPC is made up of air, ground, and naval components, as well as a combined logistics support unit

the Chilean Army was founded in 1810, but traces its origins back to the Army of the Kingdom of Chile, which was established by the Spanish Crown in the early 1600s; Chile's military aviation was inaugurated in 1913 with the creation of a military aviation school; the Navy traces its origins to 1817; it was first led by a British officer and the first ships were largely crewed by American, British, and Irish sailors; by the 1880s, the Chilean Navy was one of the most powerful in the Americas, and included the world’s first protected cruiser (a ship with an armored deck to protect vital machine spaces) (2024)
Security and military information of Chile
Military and security service personnel strengths approximately 80,000 active armed forces personnel (45,000 Army; 25,000 Navy; 10,000 Air Force); approximately 50,000 Carabineros (2023)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions the Chilean military inventory is comprised of a wide mix of mostly Western equipment and some domestically produced systems; in recent years, it has received military hardware from a variety of countries, including Australia, Germany, New Zealand, the UK, and the US; Chile's defense industry has capabilities in military aircraft, ships, and vehicles (2023)
Military service age and obligation 18-45 years of age for voluntary military service for men; 17-24 for women; selective compulsory service (there are usually enough volunteers to make compulsory service unnecessary); service obligation is a minimum of 12 months for Army and 22 months for Navy and Air Force (2023). note: as of 2021, women comprised approximately 18% of the armed forces
Military deployments .
Military expenditures
Military Expenditures 2023 1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)
Military Expenditures 2022 1.6% of GDP (2022 est.)
Military Expenditures 2021 2% of GDP (2021 est.)
Military Expenditures 2020 2% of GDP (2020 est.)
Military Expenditures 2019 1.9% of GDP (2019 est.)
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Chile is found in South America